INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER NETWORKS
- 1 LAN's & WAN's
- 2 Some network and internetwork components
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- File Server
- Workstation
- Topologies and Protocol
- Hubs
- Switches
- Repeaters
- Bridges
- Routers
- Gateways
3 The communication process
4 Communication media
5 Topologies
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- Linear (bus) topology
- Distributed Star Topology
- Logical Ring Topology
- FDDI Networks
- Complex LANs
- Wide Area Networks (WAN) topologies
6 Cooperative processing
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- Client-Server
- Peer-to-Peer
7 Communication models
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8 Communications protocols
9 Standards
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- Ethernet
- Token Ring
- Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
- FDDI
- AppleTalk
- Arcnet
- Zero-Slot LANs
10 Understanding Internetwork Tools
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- How bridges and routers works
- Transparent bridge
- Translating bridge
- Source routing bridge
- Routers
Open Handouts for Introduction to Computer Networks [pdf]
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